Memes about the so-called "button accordion" have gained popularity in Russian Internet slang. It can be argued that it is a well-established image and means a stale joke, an old anecdote or a message.
Bayan, aka boyan, aka bayan originally comes from the well-known anecdote about the mother-in-law ("They buried the mother-in-law. Two button accordions were torn"), which was published back in 1999 on the Auto.ru forum so often that it became well-known and very popular offtopic (a network message that goes beyond a predetermined topic of communication). Users began to call the author "accordionist", and the anecdote "accordion". A similar effect was caused by the hit of this anecdote on the site Anekdot.ru. Quite quickly, the word "button accordion" on the Internet turned into a symbol of an old joke or simply banalities akin to a "bearded joke"
Some people consider the word "button accordion" as an abbreviation for "It was, but I did not know." Also, a hypothesis was put forward about the origin of the word: "Bayat (say)> Bayan> Bayan".
Another assumption regarding the emergence of this word as an Internet mem is attributed to the dismissive, derisive meaning of the "button accordion" as a provincial and outdated musical instrument.
The effect of using the "button accordion" replica is enhanced if an image of the musical instrument itself or an accordion similar to it is attached to it, if the capabilities of the site used allow it. Or, during conversation, depict playing the button accordion / accordion.
The accordion will be April Fools' jokes about untied laces and a white back. Since they are not new and are known to almost everyone.
Application examples:
- “Bayan. It was a year ago."
- [: |||||||||:] (smiley depicting a button accordion)
- [: |||| / / |||||:] (same, only torn)
- [:]/\/\/\/\/\/\[:] Alternative option
- [:}{:]
- (_/)
- (='.'=)
- E [:] ||||| [:] З - boyish bunny
- (")_(")
Now, for jokes with the use of the mem "button accordion", users have come up with a continuation according to the principle: this is not even a button accordion - it is a gusli, it is not even a gusli, it is a flute, etc.
In more rare cases, "button accordion" is used with a different semantic load, such as:
- medical disposable, insulin syringe, also known as little red riding hood or insulin;
- battery (cast iron radiator) in the chamber;
- slang name of the car Honda Accord;
- machine for taking fingerprints;
- Old Russian or Slavic singer, mentioned in "The Lay of Igor's Host";
- weekly musical newspaper of the Russian Empire;
- a tool of the Yandex. Direct system for placing banner ads.
